SMTP Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for SMTP skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SMTP over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Rank 412 422 512
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +90
Contract jobs citing SMTP 121 154 76
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.260% 0.264% 0.126%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.784% 1.691% 0.980%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 80 31
Average daily rate £405 £315 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.57% +1.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £247 £225 £235
10% offered a daily rate of more than £483 £401 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £438 £275 £300
% change year-on-year
+59.09% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 12 9
Average hourly rate £20.50 £40.00 £39.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-48.75% +2.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £19.50 £13.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.68 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £45.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
-56.66% +20.00%
All Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 6781 9109 7754
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 14.57% 15.61% 12.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3315 4137 3529
Average daily rate £350 £365 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.10% +4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 537 608 773
Average hourly rate £22.00 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.65 £45.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%

SMTP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SMTP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

SMTP Jobs Demand Trend

SMTP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SMTP within the UK.

SMTP Daily Rate Trend

SMTP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SMTP within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

SMTP Daily Rate Histogram

SMTP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SMTP within the UK.

SMTP Hourly Rate Trend

SMTP
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SMTP within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

SMTP Hourly Rate Histogram

SMTP
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SMTP within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +28 116 £405 +27.55%
London +11 60 £388 +17.87%
South East -10 32 £462 +90.12%
City of London +38 27 £325 -18.75%
Berkshire -6 12 £225 +32.35%
Surrey +26 11 £500 +21.21%
North West +25 9 £232 -
Reading -6 8 £100 +15.94%
West Midlands +14 7 £250 -33.33%
Worcestershire - 7 £250 -
Cheshire - 7 £344 -
Redditch - 6 £250 -
Milton Keynes +9 3 £425 +14.47%
Buckinghamshire +3 3 £425 +13.33%
Scotland -8 3 £475 +72.54%
Stirling -9 3 £475 +72.54%
Hampshire -14 3 £475 +97.91%
Camberley - 3 £456 -
East of England - 3 £225 -
South West +15 2 £275 -72.47%
Guildford - 2 £550 -
Hemel Hempstead - 2 - -
Hertfordshire - 2 - -
Kent - 2 £475 -
Stirlingshire - 2 £475 -
Leeds +1 1 - -
Yorkshire 0 1 - -
West Yorkshire -3 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 £450 -
Hammersmith - 1 - -

SMTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SMTP also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SMTP.

1 110 (49.33%) Windows
2 94 (42.15%) DNS
3 91 (40.81%) TCP/IP
4 82 (36.77%) MS Exchange
5 80 (35.87%) Active Directory
6 79 (35.43%) Windows Server 2008
7 72 (32.29%) HTTP
8 68 (30.49%) Microsoft
9 66 (29.60%) Internet
10 65 (29.15%) SAN
11 63 (28.25%) VMware
12 56 (25.11%) Linux
13 53 (23.77%) Exchange Server 2010
14 52 (23.32%) Cisco
15 51 (22.87%) Windows Server 2003
16 49 (21.97%) Blackberry
16 49 (21.97%) Firewall
17 44 (19.73%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
17 44 (19.73%) SSL
17 44 (19.73%) LDAP
18 41 (18.39%) DHCP
19 40 (17.94%) Symantec
20 39 (17.49%) Migration
20 39 (17.49%) SNMP
20 39 (17.49%) VMware Infrastructure
21 38 (17.04%) PowerShell
22 37 (16.59%) SQL
23 36 (16.14%) Solaris
23 36 (16.14%) Juniper
24 35 (15.70%) Clustering

SMTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SMTP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SMTP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (7.175%) Web Services
2 13 (5.830%) XML
3 12 (5.381%) HTML
4 10 (4.484%) SOAP
5 9 (4.036%) .NET
6 8 (3.587%) JDBC
6 8 (3.587%) LAMP
7 7 (3.139%) CSS
8 6 (2.691%) Ajax
8 6 (2.691%) WebSphere
9 5 (2.242%) Middleware
9 5 (2.242%) JMS
10 4 (1.794%) XSL
10 4 (1.794%) ASP
11 3 (1.345%) STL
11 3 (1.345%) OLE
11 3 (1.345%) Ruby on Rails
11 3 (1.345%) Windows SharePoint Services
11 3 (1.345%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 3 (1.345%) Memcached
Application Platforms
1 82 (36.77%) MS Exchange
2 53 (23.77%) Exchange Server 2010
3 44 (19.73%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 33 (14.80%) Apache
5 31 (13.90%) Exchange Server 2003
6 25 (11.21%) IIS
7 24 (10.76%) Exchange Server 2007
8 17 (7.623%) Lotus Notes
8 17 (7.623%) Tomcat
8 17 (7.623%) Lync
9 16 (7.175%) SharePoint
10 14 (6.278%) Lotus Domino
11 10 (4.484%) Exchange Server 2013
12 8 (3.587%) Liferay
13 7 (3.139%) Office Communications Server
14 4 (1.794%) WebSphere Application Server
14 4 (1.794%) nginx
15 3 (1.345%) Amazon AWS
15 3 (1.345%) SharePoint 2010
15 3 (1.345%) WebLogic
Applications
1 20 (8.969%) MS Office
2 14 (6.278%) MS Excel
3 3 (1.345%) Office 365
4 2 (0.897%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.448%) MS Project
5 1 (0.448%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 94 (42.15%) DNS
2 91 (40.81%) TCP/IP
3 72 (32.29%) HTTP
4 66 (29.60%) Internet
5 65 (29.15%) SAN
6 49 (21.97%) Firewall
7 44 (19.73%) SSL
7 44 (19.73%) LDAP
8 41 (18.39%) DHCP
9 39 (17.49%) SNMP
10 35 (15.70%) WAN
11 33 (14.80%) NAS
12 32 (14.35%) FTP
13 27 (12.11%) LAN
14 26 (11.66%) POP3
15 24 (10.76%) VPN
16 20 (8.969%) Intrusion Detection
17 18 (8.072%) iSCSI
17 18 (8.072%) HTTPS
18 14 (6.278%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (13.00%) MySQL
2 18 (8.072%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.587%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (3.587%) SQL Server 2008
4 6 (2.691%) SQL Server 2005
5 5 (2.242%) Oracle 11g
5 5 (2.242%) Oracle 10g
6 4 (1.794%) DB2
7 3 (1.345%) Big Data
8 2 (0.897%) MarkLogic
8 2 (0.897%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.448%) Oracle 8/8i
9 1 (0.448%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 11 (4.933%) Git (software)
1 11 (4.933%) Hudson
1 11 (4.933%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.242%) Subversion
3 2 (0.897%) JIRA
4 1 (0.448%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.448%) Maven
4 1 (0.448%) Ant
General
1 28 (12.56%) Banking
2 27 (12.11%) Finance
3 24 (10.76%) Telecoms
4 10 (4.484%) Law
5 8 (3.587%) Investment Banking
6 4 (1.794%) Legal
7 3 (1.345%) Back Office
8 2 (0.897%) Advertising
8 2 (0.897%) Military
9 1 (0.448%) Dutch Language
9 1 (0.448%) French Language
9 1 (0.448%) Retail
9 1 (0.448%) Publishing
9 1 (0.448%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 36 (16.14%) Administrator
2 32 (14.35%) Architect
3 25 (11.21%) Analyst
3 25 (11.21%) Consultant
4 18 (8.072%) Solutions Architect
5 15 (6.726%) Systems Engineer
6 12 (5.381%) Exchange Administrator
6 12 (5.381%) Messaging Consultant
7 11 (4.933%) Linux Engineer
7 11 (4.933%) Linux Administrator
8 10 (4.484%) Messaging Engineer
8 10 (4.484%) Network Engineer
8 10 (4.484%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (3.587%) Systems Administrator
9 8 (3.587%) Exchange Engineer
10 7 (3.139%) Exchange Consultant
10 7 (3.139%) Security Engineer
10 7 (3.139%) Linux Systems Administrator
10 7 (3.139%) Developer
10 7 (3.139%) Infrastructure Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 49 (21.97%) Blackberry
2 35 (15.70%) Clustering
3 13 (5.830%) Open Source
4 11 (4.933%) Cryptography
5 10 (4.484%) EqualLogic
6 8 (3.587%) iPhone
6 8 (3.587%) Management Information System
7 7 (3.139%) PKI
8 4 (1.794%) Statistics
9 3 (1.345%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.345%) Psychology
9 3 (1.345%) Replication
9 3 (1.345%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.345%) N-Tier
9 3 (1.345%) Social Media
10 2 (0.897%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.897%) SaaS
10 2 (0.897%) Thin Client
10 2 (0.897%) Fat Client
11 1 (0.448%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 110 (49.33%) Windows
2 79 (35.43%) Windows Server 2008
3 56 (25.11%) Linux
4 51 (22.87%) Windows Server 2003
5 36 (16.14%) Solaris
6 20 (8.969%) UNIX
7 13 (5.830%) Windows XP
8 12 (5.381%) Debian
8 12 (5.381%) Ubuntu
9 10 (4.484%) Windows Mobile
9 10 (4.484%) Windows 8
9 10 (4.484%) Windows Server 2012
10 9 (4.036%) Windows 7
10 9 (4.036%) CentOS
11 8 (3.587%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 7 (3.139%) FreeBSD
13 6 (2.691%) Gentoo
14 5 (2.242%) SUSE
15 4 (1.794%) Windows Vista
15 4 (1.794%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (17.49%) Migration
2 26 (11.66%) ITIL
3 25 (11.21%) Network Load Balancing
4 16 (7.175%) Project Management
5 15 (6.726%) Incident Management
6 14 (6.278%) Load Balancing
7 12 (5.381%) Configuration Management
7 12 (5.381%) CRM
7 12 (5.381%) Disaster Recovery
7 12 (5.381%) Business Continuity
8 10 (4.484%) Fault Management
9 7 (3.139%) Memory Management
9 7 (3.139%) Information Security
10 6 (2.691%) Change Management
10 6 (2.691%) Capacity Management
10 6 (2.691%) Problem Management
11 5 (2.242%) Customer Engagement
11 5 (2.242%) Agile Software Development
12 4 (1.794%) TOGAF
12 4 (1.794%) Computer Forensics
Programming Languages
1 38 (17.04%) PowerShell
2 37 (16.59%) SQL
3 27 (12.11%) Perl
4 22 (9.865%) Bash shell
5 14 (6.278%) Java
5 14 (6.278%) Python
6 13 (5.830%) Shell Script
7 11 (4.933%) JavaScript
7 11 (4.933%) C
8 10 (4.484%) PHP
9 6 (2.691%) AWK
9 6 (2.691%) C++
9 6 (2.691%) sed
10 4 (1.794%) VB
11 3 (1.345%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.897%) VBScript
12 2 (0.897%) C-shell
12 2 (0.897%) Korn
13 1 (0.448%) XPath
13 1 (0.448%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 33 (14.80%) Security Cleared
2 19 (8.520%) SC Cleared
3 17 (7.623%) MCSE
3 17 (7.623%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (5.381%) Degree
5 10 (4.484%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (4.036%) MCTS
7 8 (3.587%) MCITP
7 8 (3.587%) DV Cleared
8 6 (2.691%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 6 (2.691%) RHCE
8 6 (2.691%) CCNA
8 6 (2.691%) ISEB
9 5 (2.242%) CISSP
10 4 (1.794%) MCP
10 4 (1.794%) MCSA
10 4 (1.794%) CCSP
11 3 (1.345%) CCNP
12 2 (0.897%) CCIE
13 1 (0.448%) Check Point Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.278%) SLA
2 11 (4.933%) QA
3 8 (3.587%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 80 (35.87%) Active Directory
2 39 (17.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (9.417%) NFS
4 20 (8.969%) Postfix
5 16 (7.175%) vSphere
6 15 (6.726%) Hyper-V
7 12 (5.381%) VMware ESX
8 9 (4.036%) Squid
9 8 (3.587%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (2.242%) Nmap
11 4 (1.794%) XenApp
11 4 (1.794%) XenServer
12 3 (1.345%) ISA Server
12 3 (1.345%) Samba
13 2 (0.897%) ProxySG
13 2 (0.897%) SRDF
13 2 (0.897%) DFS Replication
13 2 (0.897%) Varnish
14 1 (0.448%) qmail
14 1 (0.448%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 27 (12.11%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 20 (8.969%) SCOM
3 18 (8.072%) Nagios
4 17 (7.623%) Puppet
5 12 (5.381%) Norton AntiVirus
5 12 (5.381%) MAILsweeper
6 10 (4.484%) SCVMM
6 10 (4.484%) Backup Exec
7 9 (4.036%) WSUS
7 9 (4.036%) Tivoli
8 7 (3.139%) SCCM
8 7 (3.139%) Cacti
9 5 (2.242%) OpenView
10 3 (1.345%) CiscoWorks
10 3 (1.345%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.897%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 2 (0.897%) MOM
11 2 (0.897%) MIMEsweeper
11 2 (0.897%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.897%) HP NNM
Vendors
1 68 (30.49%) Microsoft
2 63 (28.25%) VMware
3 52 (23.32%) Cisco
4 40 (17.94%) Symantec
5 36 (16.14%) Juniper
6 31 (13.90%) McAfee
6 31 (13.90%) Red Hat
7 28 (12.56%) HP
8 25 (11.21%) Citrix
9 24 (10.76%) Oracle
10 17 (7.623%) Lotus
11 16 (7.175%) Dell
12 14 (6.278%) Radware
13 12 (5.381%) EMC
14 10 (4.484%) SAP
14 10 (4.484%) Sun
14 10 (4.484%) F5
15 9 (4.036%) Clearswift
15 9 (4.036%) Broadcom
15 9 (4.036%) Apple
Data centre Technician
Redditch, Worcestershire
knowledge of hardware, including PC (Compaq, Dell, Sun, etc.), Windows OSs, DNS, SMTP, SNMP, Modems, Disc Packs and Tape drives. Working knowledge of Windows Sun Solaris and their...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £18 - £20 per hour
Posted: 17 May 2013
Data Centre Support Engineer
Redditch, West Midlands
Knowledge of Hardware, including PC (Compaq, Dell, Sun, etc.), Windows OSs, DNS, SMTP, SNMP, Modems, Disc Packs and Tape drives. "Working knowledge of Windows Sun Solaris and their...
Fulcrum Telecom
Rate: £19.00 - £20.00 per hour
Posted: 18 May 2013
Network Analyst - Juniper/Cisco
West Sussex
Detailed technical working knowledge of most of the following areas: Essential: Core network protocols - TCP/IP, UDP, DHCP, DNS, SMTP, HTTP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP Cisco - LAN switching \ Routing \...
Clearwater People Solutions
Rate: £31000 - 35000 Per Annum bonus & benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
DV Cleared Messaging Engineer
London
Capita Resourcing are the Managed Service Provider for various Central Government Clients which require the Highest level of UK Security Clearance... You must have a strong background in...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
3rd line Exchange / Messaging Support Consultant (Contract)
City of London
SMTP, POP3, LDAP, SSL, TLS, and knowledge of basic network troubleshooting. Outlook Client Support Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Lotus Domino Server, Lotus Notes Client E-Mail Migration and...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
3rd line Exchange / Messaging Support Consultant (Contract)
City, London
Technical environment MsExchange 2003 - 2010, Symantec Enterprise Vault BlackBerry Enterprise Server Active Directory Skilled in TCPIP and common networking protocols i.e. SMTP, POP3, LDAP, SSL, TLS, and...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Messaging Consultant
Cheshire
Exchange migration / Windows 2003 & 2008 / SMTP Mail Routing. My client requires a senior messaging consultamt with the following: Windows 2003 & 2008 (32 and 64 bit builds). SMTP Mail...
Spring Technology
Rate: £252.00 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
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